On Tuesday, February 7th, Andrew Bernstein snapped this iconic photo of Lebron James releasing the shot that broke Kareem Abdul-Jabar's life time NBA scoring record. You will notice a row of professional photographers seated along the edge of the court who no doubt got multiple photos of this shot from every angle possible. You will also notice a sea of metal rectangles held by adoring fans who needed their own photo. Many probably missed witnessing the shot with their own eyes as they were staring into the small screen in front of them. Why? I think most would say they wanted to capture the moment. But why? Wouldn't the hundreds of professional photos do that? Or maybe they want to prove they were in the arena. If they told a friend they were at the game, would the friend not believe them? I think we all know why. They wanted to post a photo to social media so 20 people might "like" it. But it's not Lebron or even the photo that needs to be liked. It's the person that posted it. It seems a lot of us are captivated by ourselves. I wasn't at that game, but I have posted photos of me doing fun things that I hope people will like. I try not to focus on who responds, but sometimes I give in to the temptation. Most of us should do this less. There is ultimately one thing we should be captivated by and that is God, our creator, who sent His son to live in a broken world and die for the sins of each one of us. I want to try to do that more today.
The idea for this post and my thoughts were inspired by Marshall Segall at desiringGod.com.
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